Word – Font in Word 2010 table changes from default font

You can record a macro to get around the problem. You need the macro to do the following:[space] [left-arrow] Alt-X [right-arrow]

To use it, type 2300 immediately followed by the key you've assigned to the macro. The macro inserts a space character (which will be of the orginal font), goes back to your number, does the Alt-X to convert it to unicode, then goes back to after the space (which is again in your original font). If you don't want to insert a space (if you want the next character to be immediately after the unicode character), add a [backspace] at the end of your macro.

If I understand your problem, this should work: Instead of black, select “automatic” as your Heading 2 font color. When you use it in a table with a dark cell shading (background), it will change to white, but will still be black in the TOC entries (this is one of the characteristic differences between "black" and "automatic" font color).